My ink spills 'bout me
In every line — it's time
to read other's tales.
~~~
I wrote this for "The 500 reads haiku challenge" by @Carolina Borges.
My idea came during our "Meet yourself in truth" training session with Janne Robinson. I'm beta testing her new program, and she was talking about how we're running away from our own truth and how we're numbing ourselves.
I made my inventory and realized that I'm running away form my truth by writing about the same type of things all the time because they feel safe. They work, they are proven method, I worked with this type of material for years, but it's superficial and doesn't come from deep within me.
And the way I'm numbing myself is by keeping my focus on these superficial things and myself - look what I wrote! Because if I focus on others, that eventually forces me to focus on my self in ways that I wasn't comfortable with. If I keep the attention on what I want, I'm in control and it gives me a sense of security. I can't get hurt, no one can really see into me and other's feelings won't reflect things within me that I'd rather avoid.
Well, it was so until now. And that's why I'm doing this program - to meet myself and others.
So if you feel called to share your tales and how you're feeling, really - then drop into the comments below and let me know. I'd like to take my focus off me, and meet others in truth as well. 💛
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I love this - both the haiku and the "meet yourself in truth" epilogue.
Awesome 🌹🌹🌹🌹
Always good to take a look beyond. Enticing haiku well done
Excellent. Writing can be a mask as well as a door.
This one really stayed with me. The metaphor of ink as both expression and a kind of shield was such a powerful insight. I’m going through all the entries now, and I just wanted to say—thank you for sharing not just your haiku, but the heart behind it. It shows.
This is a brave haiku with a brave backstory. I think it’s freeing when we allow ourselves to see the hurt parts of ourselves in others writing. It’s very painful but there’s freedom in the end. There’s another part of us that opens up, a part that we’ve never had access to before. This somehow brings us closer to feeling whole, even though the road to it is rocky, and we may have to walk with our feet’s bare, until we learn that this is the healthy way to go. Then we can be more creative, through that growth, then the bruises under our feet won’t bleed as much. Your haiku sounded almost… as if you know, the going will be hard. And you’re covering your eyes but walking ahead anyway. Your backstory was open and vulnerable, and this was a great read because of that. 👌🏽
I'll tell you what I've said to others without them hearing, "I'm not."
Great haiku, Imola!! Love how you explored the musings surrounding its inspiration!
What if we're afraid of our own truth? Or what if the fake is better than the real thing? 🤔 Sorry, just musing, lol. A lot of your posts (tbh, all of them) have come off as genuine and from the heart. If they were the safe method, now I'm curious to see what you'll write when stepping out of the comfort zone. 💛
I guess I could relate to that because I'm very rarely step out of my comfort zone. Loved your Haiku!
Ya I do find I often steer away from experimenting due to comfort on what works. I should try to avoid my comfort zone
OOOOh, this is so true for many ppl I suspect! we write and get comfortable and that stops us developing! loved your haiku! even in three short lines, the poetess Imola writes powerful truths! as for how I'm feeling... we have date for Da's funeral, and a date before to viiew him! so there goes the Lynchian in me's hopes that this was an elaborate delusion! joke. tho rooted in truth. im not looking forward to the funeral, i hate them anyway as it often means you interact forciblly with ppl you dont know or dont like which is why you onnly see them at funerals, weddings and other events with finger food and a bar! i also, like the way i didnt see my dad much since 2002, didnt see or speak to any of his fam. so the funeral will be greeeeat! also worried one of Da's prickly sisters will try to give me shit for not visiting him and that also makes me wonder if theyd have a ppoint! dunno if that is what you were after and sorry for such a big msg!